Dry White Bordeaux 2016

Please note that this campaign has now closed. We will leave our prices up for reference only. If you are looking for wines from this or any other Bordeaux vintage, please don't hesitate to call us on 01353 721 999.

We will be updating this page with full tasting notes on the 2016 vintage, written by our Master of Wine, Nicola Arcedeckne-Butler MW over the coming weeks. Prices will be included as wines are released so please keep re-visiting the site for the latest news. To request a wine, simply click on the wine name to send us an e-mail, or for an immediate response, please contact your salesman directly (details below) or call the office on 01353 721 999.

Please note that orders will be confirmed in writing in the form of our invoice.

Pricing: Prices are £ per case of 12 bottles, in bond London, unless otherwise specified. Please note that this includes shipping to the UK and landing in our warehouse but does not include Duty, VAT and onward delivery once the wine is shipped.

Wines offered may be subject to allocation and an offer does not constitute a guarantee of supply. Please let us know which wines you would like to purchase as soon as you can and we will come back to you if we are unable to fulfil your order.

Cos d'Estournel Blanc, Bordeaux 2016 (6 per case)
Price in 2015: £450
75% Sauvignon Blanc, 25% Sémillon
Cos Blanc has been made only with fruit from the clay and limestone soils in 2016, the fruit grown on the gravel soils was excluded from the final blend. Rich on the nose with more mineral Sauvignon notes than exotic Sémillon, almost flinty, some new wood too and a distant grilled note. Rich, plump fruit on the palate, sweet and exotic with citrus and distant waxy Sémillon notes, tropical and creamed but with racy acidity behind to a mouth-watering saline, stony and rich finish. Drink 2018-2022

£495

6 per case

Château de Fieuzal Blanc, Pessac-Léognan 2016
Tight white stone fruits, some stony notes and not particularly lush when compared with other Pessacs, very Sauvignon Blanc with almost grassy notes on the nose, leading to a palate of smooth, very plump white stone fruits, really intense flavour, much more appealing than the nose, creamed but still quite restrained, with good acidity behind and going to a really long finish. Drink 2017-2024

£395

Château Grand Village Blanc, Bordeaux 2016
not offered in 2010; price in 2015: £95
Blended just before we tasted and comprising a third each of Sémillon, Sauvignon Banc and Sauvignon Massale from Sancerre, 50% barrel fermented. Following blending, wines often show a reduced character, struck match and cheesy notes but behind this we found big steely mineral fruit, fresh and semi-tropical but completely dry. The palate is racy with lemon fruit, very citrussy and somewhat shockingly so, with gorgeous semi-tropical depth of fruit behind, racy, zingy, incredibly layered, long add intense to a mineral, saline and energizing finish. Wow! Drink 2019-2024

Château Pape Clément Blanc, Pessac-Léognan 2016 (6 per case)
not offered in 2010; price in 2015: £505
A touch cloudy at this tasting with a green glint and a nose of tight, spiced white fruits, very closed, some herby, with a very supple palate of big white stone fruits, very restrained, cream and spice just discernible in the back ground, deliciously poised and rich. Really lovely but needs time to show colours with a rich, long finish. Drink 2020–2030+

** Wines offered may be subject to allocation and an offer does not constitute a guarantee of supply. Please let us know which wines you would like to purchase as soon as you can and we will come back to you if we are unable to fulfil your order. Please call us on 01353 721 999 for availability of wines on allocation. The 2016 wines will be shipped in the Spring of 2019.

Larger formats or half bottles may be available for a supplement.
If you would like your wine bottled in a format other than 75cl please request this at the time of order and we will enquire if this is possible with the château. Our supplement for magnums in the 2016 vintage is £10 per case and for half bottles is £15 per case.

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Please note that orders will be confirmed in writing in the form of our invoice.